“It hasn’t even been four years since my last amateur fight,” Mason said during the press conference. “So, the same thing we did with ESPN with Top Rank, the strides we’ve been making since I turned pro. I feel like we can do the same thing with DAZN.”
Mason (21-0, 17 KOs) won the vacant WBO title last November with a decision over Sam Noakes in a high-action fight that showed both his upside and the areas that still need work. It was a good win. It also wasn’t the kind that settles where he stands in a crowded lightweight division.
That’s where his comments start to run ahead of his position. “I can’t wait to collect a lot more of these [world titles at 135],” Mason said. “So from here on, I’m looking to collect more world titles. Whatever way they come, I’m ready to grab them all up.”
He also didn’t put any ceiling on how far he thinks he can go.
“However many I want to climb,” Mason said when asked about moving up in weight. “Whether it’s one, two, three, four, five, six… I’m taking it one step at a time.”
That kind of talk is normal for a young champion. It’s also easy to say before you’ve been in with the fighters who force you to slow down and adjust.
Mason is one of Top Rank’s best prospects in terms of style and upside. He throws with intent, he takes chances, and he doesn’t fight like someone being carefully protected. That part is real. What hasn’t happened yet is the stretch of fights that turns that promise into something proven.
The move to DAZN doesn’t change that. It just gives Top Rank a different stage to build him on.
If Mason keeps getting matched the way he has so far, the wins will keep coming. The question is what happens when those wins are no longer guaranteed, and the fights start asking more of him than offense and confidence. That’s where this version of Mason still needs to show something.
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